Almost this exact same thing happened to me last weekend.
Pitcher steps onto the plate with both hands already joined. I call and signal "illegal". Pitch comes in, batter grounds to F4.
Then, batter turns around and looks at me like, "What's going on?". F4 fields the ball and just stands there. Nobody's doing anything except looking at me.
I removed my mask and stepped out a few feet along the third base line, ready to trail the play to first- if it ever came. Finally, somebody catches on. From the dugout I hear, "Throw it to first base!". Finally, F4 did.
That part was strange. Unfortunately, what came next wasn't. Defensive coach wants to know why an IP was called. Then I get the inevitable, "But she always pitches like that and no one's ever called it".
As for the "OC having some bizzare preference for having his batter called out"...what if the clueless F4 made haphazard throw to first that went out of play.
